Cubs in First at the Break

In honor of the 8 Cubs on the All Star Roster and their 4.5 game lead at the Mid Season Break, Jackson donned his throwback baseball uniform.

The Leaning Tower of Addy

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New Faces in Newtown

Kristyn, Laurie, Nina, Leah and Meredith took the kids to Story Time last Friday at Barnes and Noble. Then they played at the train table (which to the mother's great lament has only 2 trains on it for about nine kids who seem to congregate) and then outside at the fountain. As you can see, Jax made his first Mom's Mafia Outing (MMO) as well and hung with Coleman in the strollers.

Family Date Night

We took the family out on Friday night to Uno's for our first family date night as a 4 man team. We called ahead for our pizza, since they take forever, and then they made the wrong one! But the manager remade ours and gave it to us to go as a gift. So we ended up with a 2 for 1 pizza deal and didn't have to wait for 45 minutes for a pizza to be made. We topped that off with some DQ on the way home!





Addy is all into playing doctor and putting band aids on everyone and then ripping them off.



When we were leaving, we saw a Harley sitting the parking lot and Addy was fascinated with it. She wanted to go touch it and then started into a long impression of a bike. This was the tail end when she got goofy about it.

Someone to Cuddle with Again

It has been so great to have a little munchkin again that loves to be held. So far our feeding plan has been going very smoothly. We wake him up every three hours to feed (7AM, 10, 1PM, 4, 7, 10, and then let him wake up once in the night, no later than 3AM) He has been sticking to that schedule pretty well. As soon as you wrap him up tight in one of his swaddlers, he is out!

Uncle Brett Returns

Brett was in North Carolina on a missions trip last week when Jackson was born, so he has been by a bunch to hang out since returning. Here he is playing with Addy and holding Jack.

Addy and her Babysitter Friends

Here is Addy with her Nate and Kaylin who play with her each Tuesday and Thursday. Their mom, Leah, watches Addy twice a week and does a great job of doing arts and crafts and teaching the kids little lessons. Addy loves being there, as you can tell!

Addy's First Faith Healing

Here is Addy trying to perform her first faith healing on Jackson's neck in order to make him hold his head up straight. When that doesn't work, she just yells at him.

Little Dude

Well this is pretty much the extent of Jax awake time. Sitting propped up somewhere with his hands tied down so he doesn't poke his eyes out. We do give him some tummy time and some stretching time each day, but other than eating, he doesn't last long in this position before he falls back asleep.

Amazingly for Mom, he has been sleeping from 10:30-3AM and then again from 3:30Am-7 AM with just the one feeding at 3. It has been great since Dad can do the 10:30 and 7 and mom only has to get up once to feed him at night. Grandma left today, so Kristyn may not get the naps she has been getting with extra help here, so now the real fun begins.

Stars and Stripes